The dance song “You Dropped a Bomb on Me” is a soundtrack favorite featured in films and TV shows such as the Brooklyn Rules and Mr. Show. The feel-good single has also been featured in commercials, video games, sporting events, and Grammy Award broadcasts.

Song Facts: 

• The Oklahoma Gap band was created in the 60s by three brothers – Robert Wilson, Charlie Wilson, and Ronnie Wilson.
• The group’s name was originally the Greenwood, Archer and Pine Street Band. However, the name was too long, so they settled with Gap Band. 
• The band focused on various genres of music, including funk, soul, R&B, boogie, disco, and electro-funk. 
• The group was marketed as being the R&B version of the Bee Gees. 
• “You Dropped A Bomb On Me” was recorded and released in August 1982 as part of the album Gap Band IV. 
• The song’s B-Side was “Lonely Like Me.” 
• It reached the 39th position in the U.S. Billboard Dance Club Songs and the second position in the U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles category.
• The song is featured in a number of platforms, including Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and the teaser trailer for the “They Cloned Tyrone” production.
• Walmart used the song for their 2017 Christmas commercial. 

Lyrics 

You were the girl that changed my world

You were the girl for me

You lit the fuse, I stand accused

You were the first for me

But you turned me out baby (you dropped a bomb on me)

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

But you turned me on baby (you dropped a bomb on me)

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

You were my thrills, you were my pills

You dropped a bomb on me

You turn me out, you turn me on

You turned me loose then you turned me wrong

You dropped a bomb on me

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

But you turned me out baby (you dropped a bomb on me)

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

Just like Adam and Eve

Said you’d set me free

You took me to the sky, I’d never been so high

You were my pills, you were my thrills

You were my hope baby, you were my smoke

You dropped a bomb on me, hey baby (you dropped a bomb on me)

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

But you turned me out, baby (you dropped a bomb on me)

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

But you turned me on, baby (you dropped a bomb on me)

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

You dropped a bomb on me, baby (you dropped a bomb on me)

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

We were in motion, felt like lotion

You were the girl for me

You were the first explosion turned out to be corrosion

You were the first for me

But you turned me out, baby (you dropped a bomb on me)

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me (whoa, oh, oh, baby)

You dropped a bomb on me

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

I won’t forget what you done to me, baby (you dropped a bomb on me)

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

You dropped a bomb on me

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

I, I-I, I-I-I won’t forget it

I, I-I, I-I-I won’t forget it

You dropped a bomb on me

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

You dropped a bomb on me

Baby, you dropped a bomb on me

I, I-I, I-I-I won’t forget it

I, I-I, I-I-I won’t forget it

You turned me out, you turned me on

And then you dropped me to the ground

You dropped a bomb on me

You turned me out, you turned me on

And then you dropped me to the ground

You dropped a bomb on me

You turned me out, then you turned me on

You dropped a bomb on me

You turned me out, then you turned me on

You dropped a bomb on me

You turned me out, then you turned me on (I, I-I)

You dropped a bomb on me (I-I-I won’t forget it)

You turned me out, then you turned me on (I, I-I)

You dropped a bomb on me (I-I-I won’t forget it)

You turned me out, then you turned me on (baby, you dropped a bomb on me, babe)

You dropped a bomb on me (then you turned me on)

You turned me out, then you turned me on (turned me on, babe)

You dropped a bomb on me (then you turned me on, babe)

You turned me out, then you turned me on

You dropped a bomb on me (then you turned me on, babe)

You turned me out, then you turned me on, baby

You dropped a bomb on me